Representative Men (Version 2)

Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803 - 1882)

Seven Essays: his reasoning why and how great men have always been honored and necessary in our civilization, followed by six chapters dealing with, in order: Plato, Swedenborg, Montaigne, Shakspeare (sic), Napoleon and Goethe.

Emerson was an old fashioned "Man of Letters". He was the head of the mid-19th century School of Transcendentalism. Poetry, essay and book on Philosophy, human rights and religious and social rights. - Summary by William Jones

Genre(s): Essays & Short Works

Language: English

Section Chapter Reader Time
Play 01 Uses of Great Men P.1 KevinS
00:24:57
Play 02 Uses of Great Men P.2 KevinS
00:22:20
Play 03 Plato P.1 William Allan Jones
00:39:56
Play 04 Plato P.2 William Allan Jones
00:43:09
Play 05 Swedenborg P.1 Owlivia
00:35:42
Play 06 Swedenborg P.2 Owlivia
00:50:02
Play 07 Montaigne P.1 Michele Eaton
00:30:12
Play 08 Montaigne P.2 Michele Eaton
00:31:10
Play 09 Shakespeare P.1 FloraMetrick
00:24:53
Play 10 Shakespeare P.2 FloraMetrick
00:23:14
Play 11 Napoleon P.1 Rita Boutros
00:31:44
Play 12 Napoleon P.2 Rita Boutros
00:29:59
Play 13 Goethe P.1 William Allan Jones
00:25:51
Play 14 Goethe P.2 William Allan Jones
00:25:04